Archive 2023

Place
online

Bremen
Time
3.00 pm - 3.50pm
Organiser
Contact Person

International female researchers face additional challenges due to their status as foreigners and women. On the one hand, international scholars often find it difficult to manage conflicts in the workplace since they may be unfamiliar with social norms and formal regulations in Germany. On the other hand, they may encounter gendered role expectations and struggle to build networks. In addition, international female researchers find it more difficult to balance their work and family life compared to German researchers given the absence of close kin in Germany, although informal childcare support would be necessary to complement the insufficient childcare system in Germany. The presenter argues that a strong network among international female scholars could be key to alleviating the above-mentioned challenges. The session includes a short overview of literature on the difficulties faced by international female scholars and biographical notes from the presenter, who worked as an international female researcher in the German academia for eight years. Most importantly, the session aims to encourage participants to exchange their experiences in Germany and form a network.

The Talk is part of the Study Work Life Week 2023 of the University of Bremen.

Registration at https://www.uni-bremen.de/familie/vereinbarkeitswoche/anmeldungen

Following the registration, you will receive the Zoom link by email. If there are any problems with the registration or if you have not received this email after a few hours, please contact vereinbarkeitswoche@uni-bremen.de

Place
Unicom-Building
Room: BIGSSS Conference Room
Mary-Somerville-Straße 9
28359 Bremen
Time
3.00 pm

Members of the University of Bremen and of BIGSSS at Constructor University are therefore cordially invited to the Oral Defense of Marlene Seiffarth's PhD Thesis "The perpetuation of the Migrant-in-the-Family Care Model in Italy".

The Examination Board is composed of:

Prof. Dr. Karin Gottschall
Prof. Dr. Heinz Rothgang
Dr. Giovanni Lamura
Dr. Mandi Larsen
Dr. Lorraine Frisina-Doetter
Dr. Gabriela de Carvalho
Greta-Marleen Storath

02.03.2023 Online Lecture

Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Prof. Catherine Boone, PhD (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
Place


Bremen
Time
11.59 am - 1.30 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Catherine Boone is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

Place


Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by William Moseley is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

 

15.02.2023 Lecture

Inclusion into old-age and unemployment protection in Iran in comparative perspective

Mehran Haji Mohammadian (Bielefeld University)
Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.1020
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B01 (2022-25): SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

Mehran Haji Mohammadian defended his doctoral dissertation in 2022 at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. His dissertation project "Retirement in Iran: From the Establishment of the Pension System to the Emergence of a New Life Course" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kaasch (Bielefeld University) and Dr. Rana Jawad (Bath University). His research interests include social policy in developing countries, informality, and the implementation of the Bismarckian social insurance system in the global south. He has published a book "Piri" (2019) an ethnographic study of older adults in Tehran. In 2016 he also published an article "Gender in a Justice-Centered Society: A Review of Abu-Hamid Ghazel's Ethical Views".

Mehran Haji Mohammadian is member of the B01 country expert network.

Place

Room: tba
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Caitlin Ryan is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held in-person and online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

9 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Place


Online
Time
3 pm - 4.30 pm

Nate Breznau of project A02 will present his research on social policy and replication. In this (non-CRC) project, 73 research teams examined whether immigration reduces public support for government provision of social policy, using identical cross-country survey data. The results results varied greatly!

Nate's paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2203150119

You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-policy-and-the-replication-crisis-tickets-519644509717

Join the event at:
https://cardiff.zoom.us/j/85840792171?pwd=QlNBSm1aWC9OcFJkUERKTFdRS0tFQT09

Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.1020
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Commentator of the Lecture
Prof. Dr. Philipp Genschel
Contact Person

This event is part of  Political Economy Workshop series, The participants will discuss Gonzalo Arévalo Iglesias' draft paper "Labour market outsiders, downward intergenerational support through cohabitation, and social policy attitudes in Europe".

The paper is available upon request - please contact Johanna Kuhlmann or Jakob Frizell.

12.01.2023 Online Lecture

Different Ground: Digital Technologies in Agriculture in Rural Kenya

Marion Ouma, PhD (Nordic Africa Institute)
Place


Bremen
Time
11.59 am - 1.30 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Marion Ouma is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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The other dates and speakers: 

19 Janaury 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

2 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Caitlin Ryan (Groningen University)
Women’s land tenure security: Imaginaries of land rights and materialities of agrarian economies

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Place
Haus der Wissenschaft
Sandstr. 4/5
28195 Bremen
Time
6.30 - 8 pm